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The Noble History of the Bronze Star Medal                             

9/16/2016

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​Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based Duke Ligon currently serves as a board member of Blueknight Energy Partners L.P., Emerald Oil Inc., and numerous other corporations in the oil, gas, and natural resources fields. In addition, he is a decorated United States military veteran. Duke Ligon served on active duty in the Vietnam War and as an intelligence briefer for several of the war’s commanders. He is the recipient of a Bronze Star for his service.

The Bronze Star Medal, as it is officially known, is an award presented to United States military personnel who have distinguished themselves in any capacity involving ground combat operations against an enemy during their service in the Armed Forces.

Authorized in February of 1944 by Executive Order 9419, the Bronze Star was one of several military medals designed by the renowned jewelry firm of Bailey, Banks & Biddle - the Purple Heart is another. The sculpted design of the medal depicts a star with five points, with a smaller star placed in the center of the arrangement. Beneath the central star are additional points extending to the outer star’s edges. On the star are the words “Heroic or Meritorious Achievement.”

Famous Bronze Star recipients include actor Henry Fonda, whose service took place in the Navy during World War II; author Ernest Hemingway, who earned the honor in 1947 for his work as a war reporter; and big band leader Glenn Miller, a posthumous recipient after his transport plane was lost en route to Europe in 1944.                             

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    Attorney and businessman Duke Ligon serves as president and CEO of the company he established more than 40 years ago, Mekusukey Oil Company, LLC. The company is among the nation's largest privately held businesses focused on acquiring and managing perpetual mineral resources; it conducts business in Oklahoma and more than 20 other states. Mekusukey maintains offices in Wewoka and in Oklahoma City. Duke Ligon and his staff oversee operations covering approximately 80,000 net mineral acres.

    Since 2008, Mr. Ligon has worked with Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P., as chairman of the board and independent director. Blueknight offers midstream services to others throughout its industry. Among his other affiliated companies is PostRock Energy Corporation in Oklahoma City. He serves as chairman of the board for this natural gas production company that focuses on the Cherokee Basin region, which extends into southeast Kansas.

    Among his other board of directors positions, Mr. Ligon works with Heritage Trust Company, a private trust bank whose Texas and Oklahoma offices concentrate on energy commodity management, and with Denver, Colorado-headquartered Emerald Oil, Inc.

    From 1997 to 2007, moreover, he served Devon Energy Corporation as general counsel and senior vice president. He currently works with the University of Texas’ Kay Bailey Hutchison Center for Energy, Law & Business as co-chairman of its executive council.

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